Chapter 1: Honestly Knowing and Courageous (Kneeling to Xie Ruobing's Silver Alliance)
The imperial edict was issued to Xishan General, and the army of Longyou was stationed in Qiu.
Due to the long journey, it was already late autumn when Gongsun Xun's main force arrived at the border of Wei County...the grass and trees were withered and yellow, the leaves had fallen back to their roots, and the autumn ponds that had surged before would gradually dry up from this time until a new cycle comes next year.
However, as the saying goes, autumn is high and horses are fertile. Due to the cycle of natural climate and the laws of agricultural production, the army in northern China is already in its best condition at this time.
The flames of war are ignited, accompanied by the falling autumn leaves, and the autumn order of troops on the battlefield is by no means false.
Wei Jun, on the border of Zhao State, backed by Qing, Yan, and Ji's three states and nineteen counties, Yuan Shao invested a solid 100,000 troops in one go, which can be called huge. However, Gongsun Xun gathered in You, and joined, Hebei, and Sanfu were nearby.
After the elite of the twenty counties, there were a total of 50,000 combat troops and 30,000 auxiliary troops. Counting the Shenpei, Guan Yu, Dong Zhao, Zhang Fei and other troops who were originally on the front line, the number actually reached about 100,000.
Moreover, since the Youzhou army has more than 20,000 cavalry, and even tens of thousands of draft horses and oxen as auxiliary, so in terms of the grandness and vastness of the army formation, it is far more than the opponent, which makes the army
As we moved forward, many people in the army felt disillusioned and gradually became more courageous.
Back to the present, this morning, a few miles southeast of Handan City, when Gongsun Xun appeared from behind Jize and gathered the Shenpei who rushed out from Handan City, roughly knowing the military situation ahead and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei actually bit him.
After capturing Wen Chou's main cavalry force, he was delighted and immediately ordered that all the more than 20,000 cavalrymen, excluding the white horse retinue, should be sent into battle. They must take the opportunity to kill the main force of Yuan's cavalry led by Wen Chou and create better conditions for the decisive battle.
...Then he led the local ministers, high-ranking officers, and trusted staff who had just transferred to the white horse, and led the infantry formation to slowly move forward and approach the south.
At noon, when the army arrived not far from the place where the battle was taking place in front, news came that the eight thousand cavalry under Wen Chou's command had been bitten by the main force of the Youzhou Army's cavalry and were fighting across the entire front.
... As soon as the military news arrived, everyone in the White Horse Jungle showed joy.
However, after hearing the news, Gongsun Xun, who was talking to Shen Pei under the canopy in the center, first looked around, then suddenly turned back on his horse and stared at the boundless and forest-like military formation behind him.
For a moment, and then shook his head for a while.
This action was too deliberate. The judge, who was standing by, immediately frowned and asked: "Why is the prince shaking his head, but is there any mistake in the arrangement of the army? Or is there something missing behind him?"
"No." Gongsun Xun turned around and laughed when he heard the sound. "I just heard Zhengnan talking about Yuan Shao's military strength, and then I turned around and saw the troops behind me, and thought that in this battle, our troops are not much less than the opponent.
, the military appearance is also too grand, so I am just a little worried..."
As soon as these words came out, Dong Zhao looked at each other in disbelief. Lou Gui and Xun You were speechless. However, Tian Feng couldn't help but asked for everyone: "What kind of words are you talking about? Is it a bad thing to have more soldiers and horses than the other party?"
Really? When it comes to war, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the strong defeating the weak, and the more defeating the less!"
"Yuan Hao only knows one but not the other. There is a limit to how strong or weak you are." Gongsun Xun sighed with emotion and simply responded on the horse. "Below one hundred thousand, the most important thing in the art of war really lies in how to allocate troops to make local forces more powerful."
The more you can hit, the less you can hit; and once the number of soldiers and horses on both sides exceeds one hundred thousand, the more the more, the stronger, but the more the weaker... Think about it, since ancient times, Makino used the Zhou Dynasty to conquer the Shang Dynasty.
Counting the battles of the 19th and 19th, the battles that really determine the general trend of the world, except for the battle of Changping, it is hard to say, in all the other battles, will the one with fewer soldiers win? Will all the battles with less than 100,000 soldiers win with more than 10 soldiers and horses?
All people?"
In addition to the cavalry generals who were ordered to lead the cavalry to attack, many civil and military officials, generals and staff around them changed their expressions after hearing this and thinking about it carefully.
Because, although what Gongsun Xun said sounds unreasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is absolutely correct!
Since ancient times, in the great battles that have directly affected the direction of Chinese history, except for the Battle of Changping, where the strength of the troops is questionable, in all the other battles, really, one by one, the one with the fewest soldiers wins, and all have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Whoever loses:
In the Battle of Muye, Jiang Taigong's three thousand tigers rushed forward, and hundreds of thousands of slaves defected in the face of the battle, leaving a stream of blood on the oars;
In the Battle of Julu, all the princes watched from the sidelines. Xiang Yu alone used tens of thousands of Chu troops to destroy the cauldron and sink the boats, and defeated the Qin army of 400,000;
In the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu's 30,000 elite cavalry rushed in and drove out 560,000 of the allied forces of the princes in one battle;
In the Battle of Jingxing, Han Xin's 10,000 new soldiers defeated Zhao's army of 200,000 soldiers.
In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu's rebel army totaled only 20,000 people, but they were able to defeat the 420,000 New Mang Army in one battle...
And this has already happened. People like Shen Pei, Dong Zhao, Cheng Pu, and Gao Shun knew and heard about it. But what they didn't know was actually more than that... In another time and space, the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty
The victors of the three decisive battles were Cao's army in the Battle of Guandu, Sun and Liu's coalition forces in the Battle of Chibi, Wu's army in the Battle of Yiling, and even the Beifu Army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Battle of Feishui, and the Battle of Hulao Pass in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Li Shimin's troops, and the Tang army when Li Jing defeated the Turks, almost all of them won with smaller troops, and none of these winners invested more than 100,000 troops at a time!
"May I ask your lord, why is this?" Cheng Pu, the chief general of the army, who was stunned for a moment and did not understand what survivor bias meant, couldn't help but ask.
"This matter is simple. In fact, it is useless to have too many soldiers and horses." Gongsun Xun laughed and replied half-truth. "In the decisive battle place of a county, if one hundred thousand soldiers are sent out at once, it will be over. No more."
If it is delayed, then the logistics supplies, military management, command division, and even the local water and soil will not be able to bear it... It does not mean that more soldiers and horses cannot be forcibly deployed in one place, but these extra soldiers and horses
, not to mention that it may not be possible to participate in the war, but it will greatly affect logistics and delay command. In terms of victory or defeat, it will definitely do more harm than good."
"So that's it," Dong Zhao suddenly realized when he heard Gongsun Xun's sophistry that he didn't know whether it was true or not. He couldn't help twirling his beard on his horse and said with a smile. "The prince did not think that he had too many soldiers, but that Yuan Benchu had too few soldiers and horses...
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"Yes, in fact, in terms of the population of the counties and the arsenal reserves that I or Yuan Benchu have obtained, a hundred thousand troops are really easy. Only Yuan Benchu knew that he could only defeat me with quantity, but he could still stay awake and did not harvest during the autumn harvest.
He blindly gathered troops in Wei County when the rear army had enough food, but I underestimated him..." As he spoke, Gongsun Xun looked at the vaguely visible smoke and dust ahead, and listened to the faintly audible neighing of war horses.
There was a slight sigh of emotion, but he reined in his horse and turned towards a hilly high ground. The surrounding staff followed him, but a group of mid-level officers and military officials immediately dispersed at Cheng Pu's signal.
The command troops were stationed in formation along the hill, with Zhang Nan and General Jiao Hu on both sides, each leading about 3,000 infantry to rush forward together, forming an advance guard.
When Gongsun Xun stood still on the hillock, he pointed to the cavalry melee scene vaguely visible in front of him. Su Rong continued: "However, my words are not just to praise Yuan Shao. The most important thing is to hope that everyone will succeed."
You can think about it the other way round...A hundred thousand people are enough to determine the general trend of the world! And if a prince has the capital to support an army of one hundred thousand, or even an army of tens of thousands to fight to the death, then no matter what the situation in the world is, the strong will
No matter how weak you are, you will have the qualifications to conquer the world... There is no room for carelessness in this battle, and although our army is strong, we cannot underestimate the other side!"
Everyone finally woke up. Not to mention the ridiculous statement that if an army of more than 100,000 soldiers was defeated, the main reason was that their own princes were worried about arrogance in the army, so they struck a few blows before the battle. Then everyone looked solemn, then turned to the south and looked carefully.
Observe the battle situation.
However, everyone looked around, and apart from seeing that the battlefield ahead was extremely fierce, they could not clearly see the direction of the battle... There was nothing that could be done about it. Yuan Shao suddenly woke up and retreated, but he made two unprecedentedly large armies
The battle started with a strange rear-end collision on the plains.
On one side were 8,000 cavalry, but behind them there were 30,000 troops forming a car formation to respond; on the other side were more than 20,000 cavalry who were suddenly ordered to rush forward... Both sides engaged in a hasty battle, and neither had time to make large-scale attacks.
Tactical actions were all done in units of troops, running back and forth on the fertile fields between Handan City and Liangqi City, and then riding, shooting, stabbing, trampling, or living or dying.
This combat mode caused the fighting area between the two sides to immediately spread between Chen Gong's car formation and Gongsun Xun's army that had just pressed forward, and quickly spread to a battle line more than ten miles wide in a flat pattern. A man standing on horseback
On a small slope, it would be strange if you could clearly see what was going on!
But on the other hand, since bystanders can't even see clearly, what subtle tactical moves can the combatants make? In a melee, it is destined to mean that the one with more soldiers, the stronger one, will be better than the one with fewer soldiers, and the weaker one.
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In this battle, even though Gongsun Xun had just beaten it, everyone still firmly believed that the Youzhou Army would definitely win. After all, if twenty thousand against eight thousand, wouldn't it have not exceeded the limit of one hundred thousand? Come to think of it, this is an old saying.
It is still useful sometimes.
"Please be careful of surprise attacks, Lord Ming!" Everyone stopped on the slope and watched in the mist for a moment. Xun You suddenly spoke and reminded in a low voice, "Our cavalry is stronger and more numerous, but Wen Chou should have stopped him and retreated immediately.
To withdraw, and to delay leaving at the risk of huge casualties, there must be some motive... and in such a situation, the only one who can plan is Duke Ming himself, and the rest are not worth worrying about!"
Many people under White Horse immediately woke up.
"If so, I have underestimated Wen Chou." Gongsun Xun was startled when he heard this, but immediately ignored it. "But it doesn't matter. In this expedition, all the generals have their own responsibilities, and Cheng Demou is our center.
The chief general is directly responsible for taking charge of the march and formation of all the military advisors; Pang Lingming is the commander-in-chief of the Yi Cong, and he and the Yi Cong are responsible for the on-campus protection; Han Yuan Si is the Central Guard and supervises the generals... I think all three of them have done a good job.
If that's the case, why do we need to worry about raids?"
Gongsun Xun was of course a compliment, and after observing the strict vanguard troops and the stern Baima Yi, he praised from the bottom of his heart. But with his words, the three people whose names were mentioned were still as big as a head. Cheng Pu
Although the vanguard troops had already been deployed, he still couldn't help but order Gao Shun and his troops to move forward and hide behind Xiaopo. Pang De was even more straightforward and directly ordered Yi Cong to inspect the weapons and prepare for battle;
Even Han Hao immediately reorganized the military etiquette system.
However, before the three generals could deal with it again, a thousand cavalrymen suddenly emerged from the smoke and dust on the right front, separated by a distance of several hundred steps.
, taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, tried to cross the slope at a slightly inclined angle.
At first glance, it looks like a group of Youzhou cavalry who have finished a hard battle are trying to cross the slope to find the enemy on the other side to engage in battle.
However, when this force reached the flank of the vanguard troops arranged by Cheng Pu in front of the right front of Xiaopo, they suddenly raised the flag without any surprise under the cold eyes of the Youzhou Army's generals, and then directly tried to defeat the vanguard troops and charged to
In front of Gongsun Xun's umbrella cover - everyone could clearly see that the flag displayed behind the leading armored general had exactly the word '文'!
There is no doubt that this is what Xun You reminded you before. Wen Chou risked huge casualties and refused to retreat because he simply wanted to accomplish great feats!
Cheng Pu and Pound almost sneered in unison, and then Cheng Demou took the lead to step forward and give the order, asking Jiao Chu in the front right to lead his troops to resist the opponent, and mobilized heavy troops from behind to prepare to contain the opponent; but Pound was
He turned to look at Gongsun Xun, asking for instructions.
"Move the Yi and go down from the main force." Gongsun Xun glanced at the situation in the distance, thought for a moment and immediately ordered. "But no fighting is allowed. Go down and make a detour, then come back immediately, and go directly behind Zhang Sima's army formation on the left..."
Pound immediately woke up and immediately urged most of the soldiers to go to the lower right. For a moment, the white horses were like a forest, but they were galloping like a tiger, with great momentum.
You must know that it is difficult for this incoming force to break through the vanguard troops deployed by the Youzhou Army. At this time, it is even more shocking to see the world-famous Baima Yi Cong charging forward, with the faint intention of gathering infantry to engulf one's side.
It's hard to name, and it seemed quite scattered for a while.
However, when the general under the text banner saw that his raid had failed and that he was even in danger of being surrounded and annihilated, he was not surprised but delighted. Instead, he turned around and cut off his own banner with his own hands to show his determination.
However, as he acted like this, Pound immediately turned his horse's head, made a sudden turn in front of the battle line, threw down the more than a thousand Yuan Army cavalry on the right front of the hill, and rushed towards the left.
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The general Yuan who cut off the flag turned pale, but it was too late.
In other words, as early as the Baima Yi followers were leaning down, and there were only a few hundred Yi followers on the hill where Gongsun Xun was stationed, a cavalry unit of only more than a hundred people appeared in front of the left side of the hill, but it looked like
It sounds more like a Youzhou cavalry song that noticed Yuan Jun's movement and turned around to rescue him.
And when the white horse Yi Cong completely charged down, seemingly about to plunge into the Yuan Army's cavalry of more than a thousand people, the cavalry of more than a hundred people directly turned their horses' heads, taking advantage of the small number of people and their flexible movement, to attack from the narrow flank of the vanguard force.
He quickly passed through the gap and rushed straight towards the mountain. If anyone in the Youzhou Army knew Wen Chou, they would have discovered that this Yuan Army cavalry general was wearing only an ordinary iron armor, but he was in this small team.
Not only that, this Yuan Army cavalry with only a few hundred people, almost all of them are equipped with iron armor, they are by no means just ordinary people.
But it is a pity that Wen Chou's wonderful performance was destined to be in vain due to Xun You's astonishing pre-judgment and the Youzhou army's preparation.
The white horse cavalry had already folded to his flank. Next, with Gongsun Xun's wave of his hand, Zhang Nan led the left vanguard force to block the army's retreat. At the same time, the remaining hundreds of Yicon who had been prepared also followed Zhang Ji.
Under the leadership of the leader, they attacked head-on, as if they wanted to surround them on three sides and annihilate them all.
Seeing that nothing could be done, Wen Chou raised his head and sighed. He actually dismounted and abandoned his troops, saying that he was willing to surrender and was willing to be bound! There were more than a hundred armored knights, as well as the more than a thousand knights who were used as a cover but fell into despair. In addition to the shock, many people dismounted and said
drop.
Cheng Pu, Pang De and others were surrounded in front, tying up the surrender troops and flying horses to report to their lords. However, Gongsun Xun had already seen Wen Chou on the slope leading everyone to dismount, and he was shocked and confused. At this time, he could only
Can look after each other and ask for opinions.
"I think I can't accept his surrender!" Shen Pei raised his sword and stood up, not giving in. "Looking at how scheming he is today, he seems to be a man who tried his best against Yuan Shao. He failed to make a surprise attack and surrendered instead. It is more likely that he was unwilling to do so.
Looking for an opportunity to approach the monarch with the intention of plotting an assassination, or preparing to surrender troops at a critical moment... The decisive battle is imminent, this person must not be left behind!"
Gongsun Xun nodded slowly, thoughtfully.
"My subordinates believe that he should accept his surrender, and that he should surrender his old troops and be rewarded with high-ranking officials and generous salaries." Tian Feng immediately put forward a suggestion that was completely opposite to that of his old friend. "The decisive battle is imminent. It is enough to surrender the generals before the battle."
To intimidate the enemy... If you are worried about his recurrence, you can drive him away after surrendering, but there is no need to kill him. Otherwise, how can the world regard the general's magnanimity?! Even the Yuan army in front of him, after hearing about this, will he have any thoughts?
The ambition of mourning the soldiers?"
Gongsun Xun frowned slightly, he was actually in a dilemma...because he really didn't believe that Wen Chou, a confidant who had been following Yuan Shao for a long time, would surrender to him, but what Tian Feng said was very reasonable!
Killing is pleasurable and can prevent future troubles, but it will inevitably lose morale and may even increase the enemy's fighting spirit; if not killed, this person is brave and cunning... Gongsun Auntie has said that Xu Huang is not this person
The opponent, Zhao Yundu, fought against this person for dozens of rounds without deciding the outcome. That is to say, Guan Yunchang and Zhang Liao attacked together and relied on the surprise attack to kill him in one battle. Looking at today's battle, he should be a wise and resourceful person... So
Where can I trust this kind of person?
So, in the dilemma, Gongsun Xunfu looked at Lou Gui, Xun You and Dong Zhao again.
Lou Gui and Xun You were silent for a moment. Dong Zhao thought for a moment but suddenly laughed, attracting everyone's attention: "It's just a defeated general who can't be used. What's the trouble for the prince? In the decisive battle in the future, why not return him to Yuan Benchu in public?"
So that the world can know your magnanimity?"
Everyone was stunned, but Gongsun Xun was stunned at first, but then he laughed.
In other words, this cavalry battle was a sudden encounter and a temporary outbreak. As Wen Chou's surprise attack strategy failed and he himself was captured, most of the Yuan Army's cavalry immediately collapsed and fled into the car formation behind them. This opening battle can also be regarded as
So far.
After a while, the cavalry generals in front also sent their feathered warriors to report that there was smoke and dust billowing further to the south. Yuan Benchu had personally led the main army to assist Chen Palace and had assembled a car formation. The generals in front did not dare to move without permission.
Request instructions.
Gongsun Xun also immediately ordered to withdraw his troops, cut off the rear with cavalry, retreat to Handan, and set up a stronghold behind the city using Yuan Jun's previous camp. At the same time, he sent Juzong as an envoy to meet Yuan Shao, write a letter of war, and agree to a decisive battle.
Although Yuan Shao was slightly frustrated and lost his general (who was not sure about Wen Chou's whereabouts), he did not show any weakness and immediately returned to Ju Zong. Three days later, he fought in Liang period, in the middle of Handan, where the cavalry melee is today.
Of course, both sides agreed at the same time that there were a lot of casualties on both sides today, and they promised that the other side would return to the battlefield to save the dead and heal the wounded, collect the corpses and call for the souls, but not to attack each other during this period.
———I am the dividing line that cannot be attacked————
"Wen Chou was a general of Shao. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yuan family attacked Taizu and fought in the Liang Dynasty. At that time, Taizu's hundred thousand soldiers suddenly arrived. Chou held eight thousand soldiers and defeated them. They fought hard, but could not escape in the end, so they marched in the opposite direction to the north.
, attacked Taizu's central army, causing heavy casualties, but more than a hundred cavalry were trapped in front of the central army... Taizu liked his brave strategy, but knew that he could not bend his ambition. He sighed: 'Three armies can capture the commander, but an ordinary man cannot capture the ambition!'
Then they agreed to return to the Yuan family, but Chou Fang abandoned his troops and was bound." - "Xin Yan Shu". The first in the family.
ps: Thank you to Mr. Ruobing for the Silver Alliance and the 108th Meng of Wangyunshanren... I really fell to my knees, how can I do it?
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